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Boxing News of Sunday, 2 September 2012

Source: Prince Dornu-Leiku

Game Boy versus Red Tiger fixed for Nov 11

It’s now official.

The much anticipated showdown between local boxing big boys George Ashie AKA

Red Tiger and Emmanuel Tagoe famously nicknamed Game Boy has now been fixed for

the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday November 11, Sports.com.gh can exclusively

reveal.

At stake

for what is the maiden promotion of national football team star Asamoah Gyan’s

Baby Jet Promotions in collaboration with Box Office Sports Promotions headed

by Alex Ntiamoah-Boakye, is the WBO International Lightweight title in the main

event featuring reigning Commonwealth Lightweight champ Ashie, 23-3-1, 16 KOs,

against former IBF Intercontinental Junior Lightweight titlist Tagoe, 18-1, 8

KOs.

Both boxers

have been engaged in verbal exchanges and signed a contract to honour the much

anticipated fight over a month ago. Red Tiger and Game Boy have since been

training fervently for the big night at the nation’s number one sports arena.

Also held

in association with FightNight GH on Supersport, not less than six other fights

are also scheduled to be contested on the bill christened ‘Clash of the Kings’

as well as ‘The Dream Match.’

Some of the

supporting bouts include hot prospect Fred Lawson versus Ben Ankrah, Raymond

Commey against Emmanuel Quartey, Michael Pappoe facing Korley Collison and

Ahmed Saraku against Eric Kwadey.

A press

conference to announce details of the fight is planned early next week to be

led by Baby Jet Promotions President Asamoah Gyan himself.

Gyan was

the first of Coach Kwasi Appiah’s 24-man squad to arrive for the Black’s Stars’

double header next weekend when he flew in from his UAE base on Thursday night.

For tickets reservations, call +233-(0)243 226 098 or 0208 115 825.